Search for dissertations about: "cultural exchange"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words cultural exchange.
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6. From Kinship to Global Brand : The Discourse on Culture in Nordic Cooperation after World War II
Abstract : This work analyzes the political instrumentalization of culture. Specifically, it studies how this is done through cultural policy within Western democracies. The analysis takes, as an example, official Nordic cultural cooperation in the post-war period. READ MORE
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7. Language learning and technology. Student activities in web-based environments
Abstract : The impact of the web as a communicative arena, based on the use of social software, has changed conditions for communication on all levels of society; privately, at work and in education. This has opened up for multicultural communication, frequently with English as the lingua franca. READ MORE
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8. Sagali and the Kula : A Regional Systems Analysis of the Massim
Abstract : This thesis is concerned with developing a consistent regional perspective on the Massim peoples of southeastern Papua New Guinea, a task largely neglected by earlier anthropological studies, it is claimed, or, when sometimes attempted, unsuccessfully accomplished for a number of reasons, both methodological and theoretical. The author uses a comparative approach for investigating a selection of Massim societies. READ MORE
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9. Have Money, Will Travel : Scholarships and Academic Exchange between Sweden and the United States, 1912–1980
Abstract : The large-scale transatlantic mobility of students, teachers, and researchers is a twentieth-century phenomenon that has contributed to the reshaping of international cultural, economic, and political relations into the twenty-first century. Through and as part of this development, the United States transformed into a powerful and influential country on the global stage. READ MORE
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10. Swingin' Swedes: The Transnational Exchange of Swedish Jazz in the US
Abstract : The thesis analyzes the dissemination and reception of Swedish jazz in the United States in the period of 1947 to 1963.... READ MORE